Thanks folks
Sylvia, thanks for putting up with us & thanks for letting us join
Nice to be here
well, here officially, we've been reading the posts for a while, now we're in a position to reply too (some of you may end up wishing we weren't!)
We may be a bit closer to some of you than you think, DrDalek6 we're in your neck of the woods at least a couple of times a year, we get dragged up to West Bar by Mini Chief who insists we visit the museum, Sylvia & Elaine, we will get back on your side of the border someday, we're plotting another visit to Edinburgh if we can fit it in around school for Mini Chief. Bill Blackhurst & Playmofire are probably either going to get sick of us or laugh themselves sick when they see some of the stuff we're up to, Bill, we have family in your neck of the woods, well, in your state at least.
This last weekend saw more recruiting for Mercia Fire & Rescue, Mini Chief spent her pocketmoney (plus some of ours) at toys r us and acquired another 4914 fire rescue squad set, a 5158 surprise bag (elegant woman in white/gold dress) the second one of those that she's got, so she promptly customised it by taking the skirt back off so that it looked different to the other one, and a 4824 helicopter, plus another egg for spending over £15, 4934 this time. The helicopter isn't what we'd consider to be the most realistic but it's what the chief wanted so it joined the fleet, I suspect the 4823 fireboat might be next on the list, it depends on what else turns up.
Thanks again for the warm welcomes
